London backgrounds from 101 Dalmatians, 1961

Done. Do it!

This is so human and so hopeful

Welcome to new Bluesky users. Here’s how we do things: 1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol 2. No flisking 3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology 4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on 5. No questions Good luck!

Someone from Cork telling you they’ve had a busy day

Labour (gain)

Last in the series of Ashes to Ashes imbued the whole thing with beauty in a way I had not seen coming (same with The Good Place)

Let’s cricket again Like we did last summer #TheCricket

I suppose on a day like today with global news as it is we should all be solemn and focused. But a glimmer of light came this morning in the form of @shepline.bsky.social’s 2026 calendar and it is such a shot in the arm. Everyone should have a bookshop to visit each month, even if only in the mind 📚

This is making being awake enjoyable even though it’s bonkers. Let’s all get up for a bit now and have some night lunch #TheCricket

Can’t help but feel Ben Stokes’s internal monologue increasingly includes the words “oh for fuck’s sake I’LL do it” #TheCricket

Jennifer Jokhoo "Rising Tide, Winter Solstice" 2014 14 color-layered Reduction Linocut Print

Australia win the toss and elect to win #TheCricket

This is a terrific idea! Bluesky Night Market bsky.app/profile/did:...

OK, who narced?

On budget day, think of George Ward Hunt, who delivered his only budget in 1868. On arriving in the Commons he discovered that he'd left his speech behind, & had to run home to get it while MPs sat grumbling in the Chamber. That is why chancellors show the red box to journalists before setting out

trying to navigate the fine line between reading enough Epstein emails to be able to follow current affairs but not so many that my soul feels stained by cursed knowledge about the human experience until my dying days

Yes same answer

Can someone clip up that "oh fuck" from Nick like it's still 2014 Twitter.

Omg

true patriots live off mashed turnip and dirt

I know Handsworth well. I love it. The Soho Road is one of the most vibrant streets in the world. I was attached to the library there for a writing project last year and I wrote a whole chunk about it in my book Hope And Glory. Read it if you get a chance

And somehow it’s time for the first page of ‘What to Look for in Autumn’. Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

Graphic designer Joe Caroff passed away yesterday at age 103. Responsible for absolutely legendary posters and typefaces. www.printmag.com/daily-heller...

Travel well Cleo. www.patreon.com/posts/few-wo...

BBC will no longer broadcast "high risk" performances

when the AI bubble pops and corporations stop forcing AI down our throats i'll miss stuff like this

Her: Talk dirty to me Me: *whispers* let's explore an independent bookstore on a rainswept cobblestone side street.

Mark Zuckerberg’s new house has strong “we won a five year planning battle with Alderley Edge council for permission to demolish the bungalow that used to stand here” vibes.

I still don't have a bookshelf with a rolling ladder, so no, I'm afraid your email did not "find me well".

In the orchard Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (The Farm, 1958)

I am one of the authors whom Meta stole (sorry, ‘scraped’) from, by using their books to train Libgen. So I’m biased. But this from @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social is👌

I know I keep banging on about my designs but it’s not easy being a small business at the moment. Take a look at my wares and please repost. gailmyerscough.co.uk Thanks!

Antidote. Just over a year ago I went to Belfast and saw these starlings.

Is there an #allotment Bluesky? Would be excited to join the ranks today with this beautiful bramble patch hiding fruit trees, a raspberry bush and four really good raised beds. Is going to be a nourishing experience, physically and mentally, I hope

Wonderful story. Deservedly on the front page.

Good Day! Snow Scene by Arthur J. Hathaway (1880–1978) (Wycombe Museum)

BBC2 now: The Big Sleep, the stylish Bogey and Bacall #FilmNoir version of the famously baffling Raymond Chandler hardboiled detective novel. I reckon it was watching TV matinees during school holidays that gave me a lifelong love of old B&W films. Crime, cowboys, Laurel & Hardy, Harold Lloyd, etc.

I seem to be a bit irritable all of a sudden.

Hard disagree on b), although I did think as a child that Wizard of Oz was only allowed to be on at Christmas

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 13 ‘Ponies in the Snow’ Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

It is time. Tomorrow we discuss the comma in ‘God rest you merry, gentlemen’. Sleep well ahead of this exciting annual event.

Would watch the SHIT out of this

This thread is an eye-opener

OH MY GOD

Two stages of writing: 1) This shouldn't take too long 2) Oh no